That being said, I have heard there is a regulation against using anything that isn't issued, though no one who has ever told me that has ever shown it to me in a reg, nor have I otherwise seen it. Also, none of the brass up to and including a couple 3-star generals ever took exception to my personally added Magpul gear.

If you started grinding away at an issue weapon trying to change the fundamental manner of its operation, then yes, I can only imagine that would end very badly, at best if for no other reason than you would most surely have to pay for it, and at worst in a really bad situation it might be used against you in a criminal case in the death of a civilian or friendly. Nothing good could come of that, and I've never heard of anyone doing it.

In summation:

I and others accessorized, and no one ever stopped us.
I've never heard of anyone modifying the function of a weapon, and I don't think it would be allowed under any normal circumstances.

i hate when people refer to the america as "us" "our wars" "our people"

how many people are actually descended from 17th century tobacco farmers from virginia anyway

i'll never consider myself an american in the true sense of the word and it's silly when most people do it

How about 16th century merchant ship deckhands that eventually settled in Virgina before their descendants headed west? Also, a sort of distant relative of mine has a direct lineage to Thomas Jefferson...does that count?

like you guys get it all wrong and get all bent out of shape for no reason

it's just weird when i see a first generation puerto rican or bengali guy go all like "our country is falling apart we're fighting too many wars we're spending too much money we we we...we worked so hard to build this country over the last two centuries"

like i guess it's a good thing that they associate themselves with american and like to include themselves in the history but i'm sorry it just doesn't sound right

my ancestors have been in and out of new york harbor in some capacity since the early 1800s either as illegal aliens dock workers or ship men and even i avoid to do this entirely